82R9921 VOO-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 2064
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on
public transportation services for people with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 461.004, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than December 31, 2012, the department shall
conduct a study of public transportation services in this state
designed for people with disabilities. The study must include:
(1) identification of the different public
transportation services in this state designed for people with
disabilities;
(2) evaluation of the efficiencies and inefficiencies
of public transportation services in this state designed for people
with disabilities, including any inefficiencies attributable to a
lack of uniformity in eligibility standards among public
transportation providers; and
(3) conclusions regarding strategies to eliminate
inefficiencies of public transportation services in this state
designed for people with disabilities.
(d) Not later than January 31, 2013, the department shall
report and make recommendations on the findings of the study to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the appropriate committees of the
legislature. This subsection and Subsection (c) expire March 1,
2013.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.